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HP Designjet Printers - Blue Print on Screen Prints out Purple
ISSUE:
When using the HP-GL/2 HP-RTL Designjet driver, blue text or images, as they appear on the screen, appear to print more "purple" than "blue" on the HP Designjet printer from some Microsoft (R) applications.
SOLUTION 1: When using the HP-GL and HP-GL/2 drivers this specific version of HP blue (0.0.255) is a combination of Cyan and Magenta inks. The Cyan ink is more efficient at absorbing light where the Magenta ink is less efficient at absorbing light and better at reflecting light. This causes the combination of these two inks, combined to create blue, to appear to have a purple tint.
To correct this problem, perform the following:

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